Chapter 67 The historical geography of European cities: An interpretive essay

Handbook of Regional and Urban Economics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages 3021-3052

  Hohenberg, Paul M ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

central place system; economic growth and urbanization; Europe; N93; N94; network system; path dependence; R11; R12; technology and urbanization; urban systems; urbanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049136995     PISSN: 15740080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0080(04)80024-5     Document Type: Chapter

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